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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6846657 | Process for the simultaneous production of xylitol and ethanol The invention relates to a process for the simultaneous production of xylitol and ethanol from a hydrolyzed lignocellulose-containing material starting. The starting material is fermented with a yeast strain, the ethanol produced is recovered, a chromatographic sepa... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6800477 | Stereoselective reduction of substituted acetophenone The present invention is directed to novel stereoselective processes for the preparation of (S)-1-arylethanols by the reduction of the corresponding keto group containing compounds by microorganisms. (S)-1-arylethanols are useful as intermediates in the synthesis of... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6500425 | Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) The present invention is drawn to biological control of plant pathogens (e.g. either preharvest or postharvest diseases) on agricultural commodities (such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, grains, nuts, seeds and silage) by use of at least one microorganism... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6498029 | Pentose fermentation of normally toxic lignocellulose prehydrolysate with strain of Pichia stipitis yeast using air Strains of the yeast Pichia stipitis NPw9 (ATCC PTA-3717) useful for the production of ethanol using oxygen for growth while fermenting normally toxic lignocellulosic prehydrolysates.... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6458570 | Process for the production of xylitol The present invention relates to a process for the production of xylitol. Specifically the process comprises two reaction steps. The first step is the fermentative conversion of a hexose to a pentitol. The second step is the catalytic chemical isomerisati... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6316245 | Mutant cells of Pichia The present invention relates to a fermentation process to have a high productivity with a novel mutant of Pichia sp., more specifically, for preparing erythritol under optimal fermentation conditions for maximum erythritol production by optimizing the en... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6194196 | Yeast Pichia ciferrii The present invention relates to a microbiological process for preparing sphingolipids, especially, tetraacetylphytosphingosine(TAPS), using novel yeast cell Pichia ciferrii DSCC 7-25 under optimal fermentation conditions. Further, this invention concerns... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6051419 | Genes which influence pichia proteolytic activity, and uses therefor The isolation and characterization of genes involved in proteolytic processing in species of the genus Pichia is described. The availability of such genes has enabled the generation of strains of Pichia which are deficient in proteolytic activity, which s... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6001616 | Process for preparing erythritol using novel cell of pichia The present invention relates to a fermentation process to have a high productivity with a novel mutant of Pichia sp., more specifically, for preparing erythritol under optimal fermentation conditions for maximum erythritol production by optimizing the en... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5958742 | Microbiological method for preparing sphingolipids using a novel yeast pichia ciferrii DSCC 7-25 The present invention relates to a microbiological process for preparing sphingolipids, especially, tetraacetylphytosphingosine(TAPS), using novel yeast cell Pichia ciferrii DSCC 7-25 under optimal fermentation conditions. Further, this invention concerns... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5919684 | Process for the reduction of catalase activity in alcohol oxidase A process is disclosed for treating compositions of alcohol oxidase to inactivate catalase therein, which comprises aging the composition comprising alcohol oxidase and catalase at a temperature and for a time period sufficient to inactivate catalase whil... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5910425 | Microbial strains producing sphingolipid bases Microbial strains capable of producing enhanced levels of sphingosine, dihydrosphingosine, phytosphingosine and/or derivatives thereof are disclosed. Additionally, there are disclosed methods based on mutagenesis, or other selection techniques, whereby su... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5780023 | Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) The present invention is drawn to biological control of plant pathogens (e.g. either preharvest or postharvest diseases) on agricultural commodities (such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, grains, nuts, seeds and silage) by use of at least one microorganism... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5759819 | Process for producing human serum albumin A process for producing recombinant human serum albumin (HSA) which comprises culturing an HSA producing host prepared by gene manipulation techniques at a temperature of from 21° to 29° C. Culturing the HSA producing host under such a specified tempera... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5693490 | Production of glycolate oxidase in methylotrophic yeast Methylotrophic yeast have been transformed with a heterologous gene encoding glycolate oxidase. The transformed methylotrophic yeast are useful as a catalyst for transforming glycolate to glyoxylate.... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5679557 | Process of asymmetrically reducing 1-phenyl-2-oxo-propane derivatives with microorganisms An (S)-1-phenyl-2-substituted propane derivative shown by the following formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 represent a lower alkyl group, etc., or R1 and R2 may form together an alkylene group, etc.; R | 10/21/1997 |
| 5672496 | DNA sequences encoding porcine pancreatic carboxypeptidase B DNA encoding porcine Pro-carboxypeptidase B, vectors comprising the DNA and host cells transformed with the vectors are useful for production of porcine carboxypeptidase B... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5670368 | Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) The present invention is drawn to biological control of plant pathogens (e.g. either preharvest or postharvest diseases) on agricultural commodities (such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, grains, nuts, seeds and silage) by use of at least one microorganism... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5665600 | Pichia pastoris linear plasmids and DNA fragments thereof Two novel linear DNA plasmids are described. Also, novel fragments of the plasmids containing the autonomous replication sequence (ARS), and thus capable of self-maintenance as extra chromosomal elements are provided. These novel DNA sequences of the pres... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5646022 | Process for the production of gamma nonalactones in natural form Gamma lactones with 9 carbon atoms, saturated or unsaturated and mixtures thereof, in natural form, are obtained by: A) culturing a microorganism selected from the group comprising Pichia ohmeri and Pichia stipitis or both of these in a substrate comprising an... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5618706 | Preparation of phytosphingosine derivative The invention concerns a process for preparing tetraacetylphytospingosine (TAPS) using F-60-10 mating type strain of Pichia ciferrii. Such strain is subjected to mutagenesis and the high TAPS producing strains are selected by a special procedure. These st... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5422255 | Method for producing D-alanine A high concentration of DL-alanine can be supplied in a culture medium and D-alanine can be efficiently obtained with high yield for a short time by cultivating a yeast which belongs to the genus Candida, the genus Cryptococcus, the genus Hansenura or the... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5413783 | Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) The present invention is drawn to biological control of plant pathogens (e.g. either preharvest or postharvest diseases) on agricultural commodities (such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, grains, nuts, seeds and silage) by use of at least one microorganism... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5324662 | Stereoselective microbial or enzymatic reduction of 3,5-dioxo esters to 3-hydroxy-5-oxo, 3-oxo-5-hydroxy, and 3,5-dihydroxy esters Microorganisms or reductases derived therefrom reduce a diketo ester ##STR1## to form the associated 3-hydroxy, 5-hydroxy, or 3,5-dihydroxy esters. Selected microorganisms produce the preferred stereoisomers ##STR2## which can be used to prepare... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5324660 | Genes which influence Pichia proteolytic activity, and uses therefor The isolation and characterization of genes involved in proteolytic processing in species of the genus Pichia is described. The availability of such genes has enabled the generation of strains of Pichia which are deficient in proteolytic activity, which s... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5294546 | Method for production of a growth factor for Bifidobacterium sp. A method of producing a growth promoting factor for Bifidobacterium species from lactose which comprises contacting lactose with resting cells of a lactose-utilizing yeast strain having activity to rearrange lactose to galacto-oligosaccharides.... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5268273 | Pichia pastoris acid phosphatase gene, gene regions, signal sequence and expression vectors comprising same The present invention discloses the Pichia pastoris acid phospbatase gene, which includes the 5' regulatory region, signal sequence, structural gene, and 3' transcription termination sequence. Also disclosed are methods of using these fragments, which inc... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5266485 | Method of manufacturing optically active (-)-2-halo-1-(substituted phenyl) ethanol by ketone reduction A method is proposed for manufacturing (-)-2-bromo-1-(3'-chlorophenyl) ethanol by bringing a 2-bromo-1-(3'-chlorophenyl) ethanone into contact with a microorganism belonging to 9 genuses including Ashbya genus and Brettanomycess genus to thereby reduce it... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5244803 | Process for preparing optically active 3-phenylglycidic acid esters There is disclosed a process for preparing optically active 3-phenylglycidic acid ester compound, which comprises permitting a culture broth, cells or treated cells of a microorganism having an ability of stereoselectively hydrolyzing a (2R, 3S)-3-phenylg... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5238826 | Process for manufacturing xylose Process for manufacture of D-xylose characterized by the fact that: in a first step, syrup of D-xylulose is subjected to an enzymatic isomerization in M3 providing a mixture of D-xylose and D-xylulose, in a second step, the abovesaid mixture is subjected... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5234827 | Enzymatic process for manufacturing formaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide A process is disclosed for enzymatically converting lower alkyl alcohols to corresponding aldehydes and hydrogen peroxide in the presence of oxygen under process conditions which increase the catalytic capacity of alcohol oxidase enzymes. Such process con... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5227299 | NADH kinase and a process for producing the same The present invention relates to a novel NADH kinase which has high stability and is specific for NADH, and a process for producing the NADH kinase by culturing a yeast belonging to the genus Pichia in a culture medium, and this enzyme permits highly sens... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5219757 | Production of optically active 1,3-butanediol by asymmetric assimilation or reduction of 4-hydroxy-2-butanone An optically active 1,3-butanediol can be produced by either (1) treating a mixture of 1,3-butanediol enantiomers with a microorganism, which has been optionally treated, capable of asymmetrically assimilating said mixture, or (2) preparing a microorganis... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5204261 | Catalase-negative Pichia pastoris A novel strain of P. pastoris and an alcohol oxidase free of catalase activity produced therefrom is provided.... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5126266 | Xylose-fermenting yeast mutants A growth medium is provided for mutant mixtures of Pichia stipitis or Candida shehatae that permits the growth of mutants which are the best xylose-to-ethanol fermenters in the mixture while inhibiting the growth of inefficient fermenters. The medium comp... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5122465 | Strains of pichia pastoris created by interlocus recombination A process for the regeneration of a selectable phenotype at a high frequency by interlocus recombination, in yeast cultures transformed with recombinant DNA constructs comprised of a gene whose product complements the selectable phenotype to be regenerate... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5082936 | Glucan composition and process for preparation thereof Three dimensional glucan matrix compositions are prepared by separating growing yeast from its growth medium, subjecting the yeast with cell walls intact to an alkali material, thereby extracting whole glucan particles having an intact cell wall structure... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5081015 | Enzyme electrode and method for determination of alcohol content using the same An enzyme electrode possessing an immobilized enzyme membrane or an immobilized enzyme layer composed by applying a solution containing alcohol oxidase and a crosslinking agent, in which the solution further contains reduced glutathione. According to the ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5041384 | Pichia guilliermondii (Anamorph Candida guilliermondii) useful for the biological control of postharvest rots in fruits The present invention is drawn to processes for biologically controlling postharvest disease in fruit using isolates of Pichia guilliermondii having the identifying characteristics of NRRL Y-18313, NRRL Y-18314, and NRRL Y-18654. The organisms were isolat... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5041236 | Antimicrobial methods and compositions employing certain lysozymes and endoglycosidases An antimicrobial composition comprising endo-ଲ-N-acetylglucosaminidase and/or endoglycopeptidase, and ruminant stomach lysozyme is presented. A method for destroying or removing microbes by treatment with these enzymes is also presented.... | 08/20/1991 |
